24 BULLETIN 692, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The samples of Rhode Island bent seed examined may be con- 
sidered fairly representative of New England grown seed which has 
not been recleaned. Several kinds of incidental seeds which are 
characteristically American were found in these samples. Further- 
more, the weed seeds characteristic of South German mixed bent 
seed were absent from these samples. They contained no seed of€ } 
Be ses “45 
Weingartneria canescens Jancoides nemorosum 
10 
Prunella vulgaris 
= 
16 
Plantago major Matriceria inodora Crepis virens Lapsana commun 3 
Fig. 11.—Seeds characteristic of South German mixed bent seed (enlarged and natural size): 1, Silky 
bent grass (A pera spica-venti); 2, tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia caespitosa); 3, Wavy hair-grass (Des- 
champsia fleruosa); 4, wood meadow grass (Poa nemoralis); 5, Weingartneria canescens; 6, wood meacow 
rush (Juncoides nemorosum); 7, spurry (Spergula arvensis); 8, poppy (Papaver spp.); 9, starwort (4 isine 
graminea); 10, St. John’s-wort ( Hypericum perforatum); 11, willow herb ( Lpilobium sp.); 12, heal-all 
(Prunella vulgaris); 13, plantain (Plantago major); 14, scentless camomile ( Matricaria inodora); 15, fire- 
weed ( Crepis virens); 16, nipplewort (Lapsana communis). 
velvet bent (Agrostis canina), which has been found in every lot of 
South German seed examined. 
The samples of colonial bent seed were too few to afford specific 
conclusions as to the range of the characteristic incidental seeds 
occurring with this seed; but certain kinds found are different from 
those occurring with seed of redtop or fine bents from other sources. 
